Manmohan Singh: A legacy squandered

Take any set of numbers, and they show up the stark difference between the various phases of Manmohan Singh’s career, as finance minister and then as the head of two governments. If it’s GDP you wish to look at, it rose from 1.4% in FY92, Dr Singh’s first year as finance minister, to 8% in FY97 when the party demitted office; it has been falling since, from 8.6% in FY10 when UPA2 began its second term to around 5% by the time it demits office in May.

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